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A muffin is an individual-sized, baked quick bread product similar to a cupcake in size and cooking methods, the main difference being that cupcakes tend to be sweet desserts using cake batter and which are often topped with sugar frosting. Muffins are available in both savory varieties, such as cornmeal and cheese muffins, or sweet varieties such as blueberry, chocolate chip or banana flavours. Muffins are often eaten as a breakfast food.

See also:

• cupcake
• english_muffin
• Wikipedia - Muffin